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Recorder Paul Isaacs interjected and asked what her state was, using a scale of one to ten, with one being sober.

"One," said PC Waller.

John Thackray, for Ms Gill, put a different account of the woman's sobriety - made by his colleague PC Emma Garner - to PC Waller.

"She appeared to be under the influence of drink as her speech was slurred and her eyes were glazed," said Mr Thackray, summarising that officer's recollection, before asking PC Waller for his opinion.

"I would disagree," said PC Waller. "She seemed to be sober when I spoke to her. If she had been drunk, I would have put that in the statement."

Prosecutors say the complainant and her 13-year-old daughter had been at a friend's house in the street, and when she asked for a coffee, her daughter was sent to fetch milk from a neighbour.

The woman told the court on Tuesday that she went out to see where her daughter was, and a woman she had never seen before, Ms Gill, approached, shouting: "Who's been knocking at my f****** door?"

Asked if she said anything in response, the woman said: "I said, 'My apologies, the bain would have been knocking on your door'."

She said as they got closer, Ms Gill threw a punch, which missed, but she caught her in the eye with another, and she fought back.

The fight had stopped when Mr Gill came out, she said, and he "got right in my face and I felt like a nip".

She said that was to her right eye, but no injury was caused. Ms Gill was then "on my face", but she said she did not realise she was being bitten because she did not feel anything.

When officers went to speak to the Gills, they noticed blood on her top.

In interview, Ms Gill told officers she had "finally" gone to speak to the woman because her door was constantly being knocked.